Math 521 (Finite Element Method)

Course Details:
- Section 201, Spring 2013
- Lectures 11-12 MWF in room Math 104.
Instructor:
- Brian Wetton
- wetton@math.ubc.ca
- office: MATX 1107
News:
- Assignment #5 posted, due April 15.
Course Resources:
- Course outline
- Course notes from previous instructor, Dominik Schoetzau. There are several things bundled together here. First are some notes on finite difference methods. Second is a list of some FEM reference books. Then come several chapters on the FEM, implementation and analysis.
- Course notes:
  - Notes part I and sample MATLAB code for problem 1. These notes contain an introduction to finite difference methods.
  - Notes part II with some further topics in finite difference methods.
  - Some background notes on Fourier Series and Transforms.
  - Notes part III describing some functional analysis that we will need to be able to discuss the finite element method.
  - Notes part IV on the FEM in 1D and its convergence analysis.
  - Notes part V on implementing boundary conditions.
  - Notes part VI on quadrature methods.
  - Notes part VII on the finite element in 2D.
  - Notes part VIII on the error analysis of the FEM in 2D.
  - Notes part IX on the conjugate gradient method.
  - Notes part X on implementing boundary conditions in 2D.
  - Notes part XI on nonlinear problems.
  - Notes part XII on time stepping.
  - Notes part XIII on discretizations of Stokes flow.
Assignments:
- Assignment #1, due Friday, January 25.
- Assignment #2, due Friday, February 8.
- Assignment #3, due Friday, March 1.
- Assignment #4, due Friday, March 22.
- Assignment #5, due Monday, April 15 (hard deadline).